Climate averages 1991–2020
Kouvola weather
in February.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Kouvola: daytime highs average -3.9°C and nights cool to about -8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 58 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lahti (58 km away). In February its highs average -3.7°C, about as warm as Kouvola, with 34 mm of precipitation.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Kouvola ranks 7th of 13 for the warmest February highs and 10th of 13 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 13 cities is -4.0°C; Kouvola is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 0.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 40 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kouvola climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.8°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 44 | 10.6 | 6.67 h |
| February, selected | -3.9°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 40 | 9.0 | 9.09 h |
| March | 0.5°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 36 | 8.6 | 11.712 h |
| April | 7.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 35 | 8.9 | 14.615 h |
| May | 14.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 46 | 9.8 | 17.317 h |
| June | 18.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 70 | 11.8 | 19.019 h |
| July | 21.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 66 | 11.5 | 18.318 h |
| August | 19.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 66 | 10.9 | 15.816 h |
| September | 14.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 53 | 9.9 | 13.013 h |
| October | 7.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 57 | 10.9 | 10.110 h |
| November | 1.7°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 53 | 11.3 | 7.47 h |
| December | -1.6°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 54 | 11.7 | 5.86 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Lahti in FebruaryFinland · 58 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Lappeenranta in FebruaryFinland · 83 kmHigh -4.8°C · Low -8.8°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Vantaa in FebruaryFinland · 111 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -7.7°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Vyborg in FebruaryRussia · 113 kmHigh -4.2°C · Low -8.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Helsinki in FebruaryFinland · 124 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -7.1°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Espoo in FebruaryFinland · 134 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -6.9°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in FebruaryFinland · 161 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -9.2°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Tampere in FebruaryFinland · 171 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -8.3°C · 30 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kouvola) is explained once on the Kouvola year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.